Device to monitor a patient in an apparatus for medical examination

Abstract

A device for monitoring a patient in a medical examination apparatus has a support on which are mounted a television camera and a mirror sending on an image of a part of the patient to the camera, said support being movable with respect to the frame of the apparatus but fixed with respect to the patient.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A device for monitoring a patient in the tunnel of a medical examination apparatus wherein said apparatus includes a frame, said device comprising: a support having a television camera and a mirror mounted on said support wherein said mirror sends an image of a part of the patient to the television camera;   support moving means for moving said support with respect to said frame of said apparatus wherein said support moving means is fixed with respect to said patient.   
     
     
       2. A device according to claim 1 wherein said medical examination apparatus includes a supporting table rigidly fixed to said frame of said apparatus, a slide rail rigidly fixed to said supporting table, a bed which is movably supported on said supporting table and wherein said support is movably mounted to said slide rail, and means for hooking said support to said patient's bed.   
     
     
       3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the slide rail is mounted in a groove made in the supporting table. 
     
     
       4. A device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slide is a telescoping slide. 
     
     
       5. A device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hooking means is of the contact-fastening type. 
     
     
       6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the camera is fixed to the support by means of a three-point setting system. 
     
     
       7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the axis of the camera makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal with a possibility of angular play of about 0° to 15°. 
     
     
       8. A device according to claim 1, wherein the camera is shielded. 
     
     
       9. A device according to claim 1, wherein mirror is formed by an assembly of small, electrically isolated mirrors. 
     
     
       10. A device according to claim 9, wherein the mirror is made with metallized polycarbonate. 
     
     
       11. A device according to claim 1, wherein the mirror makes an angle of 0° to -15° with the horizontal. 
     
     
       12. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a secondary mirror positioned to enable the patient to look outside the machine.